Launching Your Career Faculty

Dr. Bussey-Jones is the Carter Smith, Sr Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine of Emory University’s School of Medicine.  She received her BS in Sociology and later her MD from Emory University. She currently serves as the Chief of Grady General Medicine and Geriatrics, the Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Department of Medicine, and the Associate Dean for Professional Development for Emory at Grady. Dr. Bussey-Jones has nationally recognized educational expertise in the areas of health equity and inclusive leadership.  She has developed several program initiatives addressing health promotion and disease prevention for vulnerable populations.  She developed and directed curricula on cultural competence, disparities, and social determinants of health for students, residents and faculty and was recognized with an Educational Innovation Award for this work.  She has chaired the National Disparities Education Task Force for the Society of General Internal Medicine organization and served as editor for a special issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine dedicated to disparities education.  In this role, her leadership resulted in an award-winning national disparities course, web based educational modules, and national symposia on disparities at both the Society of General Internal Medicine and at the American Association of Medical Colleges. In 2023, she was recognized with the AAMC-GDI Exemplary Leadership in DEI Award. She is the current president for the Society of General Internal Medicine.

Dr. Ahuja is the Chief Medical Officer of inpatient care at Stanford. Board certified in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, she has served as an emergency room physician, a residency program director for over a decade, a med/peds hospitalist, & was the inaugural division chief for adult Hospital Medicine at Stanford.  In this role she grew and mentored her division from 11 faculty to 100 faculty/staff and developed several novel clinical services in addition to enhancing the educational experience on the robust teaching wards. She has served as the medical director for the Inpatient Medicine and the Pharmacy department for several years, helping mitigate drug shortages and optimizing biosimilar use for value-based care.

Dr. Ahuja performs clinical drug trials and has partnered with informatics colleagues to optimize the use of AI/LLM in the realm of clinical practice, medical education, and quality research.  Dr. Ahuja enjoys caring for patients in the inpatient setting, mentoring, building innovative programs, and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize hospital clinical operations.

Dr. Holmes-Maybank is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. She received her medical degree and completed her residency training at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is board certified in Internal Medicine with a Focus in Hospital Medicine and Addiction Medicine. After attending the Academic Hospitalist Academy, she received her Master of Science in Clinical Research and focused her interests on addiction medicine, pain, sickle cell disease, and graduate and undergraduate medical education. She has held numerous course director roles in the College of Medicine and is core faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency Program focusing on addiction medicine. She has served on and led numerous college, university, and hospital committees focusing on the improvement of education and patient care. In addition to her practice as an academic hospitalist, she is the faculty member for the Complex Pain Clinic in the Rena Grant Sickle Cell Medical Home. She is active in and has held numerous positions in the Society of General Internal Medicine including the Academic Hospitalist Commission, Society of Hospital Medicine, American Society of Addiction Medicine, and Academic Hospitalist Academy. She is an active member of the Hospital Medicine Reengineering Network (HOMERuN) Collaborative Addiction Medicine Collaborative Work Group. She has experience speaking nationally at SHM, SGIM, and the American College of Physicians as well as regionally and locally on Addiction Medicine for the hospitalist. She currently serves as a Deputy Editor for the Journal of Hospital Medicine and an editor for The Hospitalist.

Dr. Bruti is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and works as an academic hospitalist in both specialties. He has been both the Associate Program Director and Program Director of the Med-Peds program at Rush since he finished residency in 2011. Dr. Bruti has been involved in Undergraduate Medical Education as the former Associate Clerkship Director and as a leader in the Rush University Interprofessional Education Curriculum. Later, Dr. Bruti became involved in Hospital Medicine leadership, eventually becoming the Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine in 2020, overseeing a division of 70 physicians and a dozen APPs. Dr. Bruti has been involved in both SGIM and SHM through national committees as well as serving as the Midwest Region President for SGIM in 2017-2018. Dr. Bruti has strong interests in medical education, faculty development, business of medicine, and quality.

Dr. Dunn received his medical degree at the New York University School of Medicine and completed his residency at Mount Sinai Hospital. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine for the Mount Sinai Health System. His primary research area is in anticoagulation and thrombosis, including venous thromboembolism, atrial fibrillation, and the peri-operative management of patients on oral anticoagulants. Dr. Dunn has collaborated and led national studies in this field, including being a Steering Committee member of an NIH-funded trial of peri-operative management of warfarin. Dr. Dunn lectures nationally, has written numerous journal articles, and is a co-author of the Chest guidelines on anticoagulation and thrombosis. He is lead editor of the textbook “Essentials of Hospital Medicine” and an Associate Editor of the ACP Journal Club.

Dr. Dunn is a Master of the American College of Physicians (ACP), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Senior Fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine. He is prior Chair of the ACP Board of Governors and Chair of the ACP Board of Regents. Dr. Dunn has been elected to the Board of Directors of SHM.

Dr. Christopher Jackson is a mentor, teacher, and leader. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. He completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis before joining the faculty in 2019. During his time on faculty, he led multiple curriculum efforts and quickly rose to become an associate program director, vice chair of education, and assistant dean of student affairs.

Currently, Jackson is an associate dean of student affairs and associate professor of medicine and medical education at the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa. A dedicated mentor and educator, he received the Society of General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) Frederick L. Brancati Award for his efforts to inspire the next generation of physicians in academic general internal medicine. He remains active with leadership roles in multiple organizations, including the American College of Physicians and SGIM.

Brian Kwan, MD, SFHM, FACP is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He completed his undergraduate and medical training at Northwestern University before re-locating to San Diego for Internal Medicine residency.

Dr. Kwan is an academic hospitalist at the Jennifer Moreno Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Diego. Additionally, he serves as the co-director of the 3^rd year Internal Medicine Clerkship at UCSD and is core faculty of the UCSD Internal Medicine Residency Program as the associate director for the Residency as Clinician Educators (RACE) Track.

Dr. Kwan’s research interests include curriculum development (using innovative and active learning modalities), improving the pipeline for trainees pursuing careers in internal and hospital medicine, transitioning learners across the medical education continuum, and faculty/professional development.

Dr. Kwan prides himself on his contributions and leadership across multiple professional organizations. He is the past Chair of the Physicians-in-Training Committee and the current Chair of the inaugural Fellowship (formerly Membership) Committee at the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM). He is the current President-Elect of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) and serves on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM). He is the past Lead Hospitalist Consultant of VISN 22 as a member of the national VA Hospital Medicine Field Advisory Board and serves on the regional American College of Physicians (ACP) Governor’s Council as the co-Chair of the Medical Education Committee for Southern California Region 3.

Alyssa Stephany, MD, MS, SFHM, PCC (ICF), is a Med-Peds Hospitalist and is currently the Founder and CEO of A.I.M. (Authentic, Innovative, Manageable) Coaching & Consulting. After tripping into leadership roles, the way many physicians do, she realized that the most effective solutions to healthcare challenges stem from combining the clinical expertise of frontline professionals with innovative thinking, and operationalizing in a manageable way both at work and in life. This concept formed the basis of her own leadership, her academic mentorship and now underpins her current work.

She completed her Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency at Duke University Medical Center and subsequently remained as Pediatric Chief Resident. During her time at Duke, she collaborated with individuals she met through the Academic Hospitalist Academy (AHA) to draft her first-ever Business Plan to become the inaugural “Med-Peds Hospitalist” at Duke. She held various leadership positions and spearheaded Health System-wide initiatives at Duke. In February 2016, she assumed the role of Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children’s Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin where she successfully grew the program to 50 hospitalists, established a community program, and improved clinical outcomes. In 2020, she joined the Children’s Mercy of Kansas City Executive Team, reporting directly to the Executive Vice President and Physician in Chief. In this capacity, she served as the Director of Physician-Provider Operational Support for all physicians and providers. During her tenure, she developed Physician-Provider Support Programs aimed at enhancing engagement and well-being, encompassing the areas of Quality & Safety, DEI, Patient Experience, Internal Leadership Coaching, Leadership Curriculum, Workforce planning, Team Restoration/Team Engagements, and more.

Her experiential expertise is supported by a Master’s degree in Healthcare Leadership and Management from UT Dallas. She also is a Professional Physician Coach, with her coaching certificate through UC Berkeley and Professional Coaching Certificate credentialing through International Coaching Federation. One of her greatest passions is studying the outcomes of the programs she creates, which you can see in her academic publications.

She is an active participant in the Society of Hospital Medicine, including being a facilitator for the leadership academies, Coach for Capstone, Facilitator for AHA level 2; in Chapter Leadership (past president of KS); on the Executive Committee for Med-Peds SIG; and on Academic Committee for many years. She firmly believes that she wouldn’t be where she is today without the incredible support of her colleagues from her SHM network.

She resides with her husband, daughter and son Overland Park, Kansas. Through self-reflection, hard work, and prioritization, she has learned (and is still learning) to enjoy time with her family and savor precious moments, whether it’s a car ride to school, RVing on the weekends, sailing, or hanging out by the pool, or dancing in her free time.